netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] eventfd: simplify signal helpers

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Message-ID: <20230713111054.75cdf2b8.alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:10:54 -0600
From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] eventfd: simplify signal helpers

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:05:36 +0200
Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> This simplifies the eventfd_signal() and eventfd_signal_mask() helpers
> by removing the count argument which is effectively unused.

We have a patch under review which does in fact make use of the
signaling value:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230630155936.3015595-1-jaz@semihalf.com/

Thanks,
Alex